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Originally posted by AutOPSY sys and format /s format a drive as vfat, and transferr system files, why would linux support such a feature?

Why don't you boot from a floppy and format /s the partition?

The closest Linux mkdosfs comes to that is the -m switch.
please veiw your manual page on the subject.
'man mkdosfs'

I don't have a working floppy drive and the BIOS is configured to boot floppy -> HDD -> CDROM. And I can't change it w/o the supervisor passwd (it's a used notebook). I'm managed to get Linux on the system by ripping out the HDD and putting it into another laptop. Problem is I don't have access to another laptop now. And the supervisor passwd cannot be reset no matter what I tried. I've tried all the backdoor passwds", run cmospwd (only manages to kill the user passwd). Nothing works.